I'm really not sure about the physics involved between panels 4 and 5 here... Yes, I realize 'comedy strip', but this kinda thing always bugs me a little.

Chloe was moving face-down horizontally while Abby was just going face-first into the ground, but she was also front-away from Chloe. Chloe landed on her back and feet-first in direction of travel, with Abby in her arms, but inverted. Chloe would have had to pull a 180-pitch backflip to land like that, while Abby would have done a 90 degree pitch 'downwards' (basically going horizontal while upsidedown), all while Chloe was in physical contact with Abby... It's the last bit that's not working in my head. Parts would have ended up colliding wrong with other parts...

I'm really not sure about the physics involved between panels 4 and 5 here... Yes, I realize 'comedy strip', but this kinda thing always bugs me a little.

Chloe was moving face-down horizontally while Abby was just going face-first into the ground, but she was also front-away from Chloe. Chloe landed on her back and feet-first in direction of travel, with Abby in her arms, but inverted. Chloe would have had to pull a 180-pitch backflip to land like that, while Abby would have done a 90 degree pitch 'downwards' (basically going horizontal while upsidedown), all while Chloe was in physical contact with Abby... It's the last bit that's not working in my head. Parts would have ended up colliding wrong with other parts...

I blame Kerbal Space Program.

I sorta figured it must have been when Chloe glomped Abby in the back, the momentum in Chloe's upper torso got cancelled out by Abby's wings providing resistance against the air (like a sail or parachute), leaving her lower torso and legs to pendulum under Abby's head , creating the 180 spin clockwise (as we see from our POV in the strip) needed to have Abby going from downward, right facing to being sat up facing 'left' on top of Chloe, who has by remaining glomped to Abby, equally span 180 round to taking the ground impact feet (or more likely, butt) first